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Wheel broke on first trip
The wheel broke on my first trip. I have traveled on business for over 30 years and had never broken a wheel before.
I have had them wear out, but never had one break.
I wanted to "upgrade" to Travelpro, now I am sorry I did.
My issues are two-fold:
1. The wheel should not have broken
2. Customer service has been absolutely horrid
- Can't attach photos or attachments when completing complaint form (doesn't matter as they don't reference case files anyway)
- Customer service offered to sell me a new wheel for $15.00 (knowing the wheel broke on first use)
- Eventually agreed to send me a free wheel that I could install
- Received a wheel platform yesterday with no instructions on how to remove old/install new
- After removing 18 screws, I realized that the platform is also secured with a rivet (I don't have a rivet gun to fix this)
- Contacted customer service today and they said "We asked you if you could replace the wheel."
- We discussed the rivet issue and she confirmed that I could not fix it and I should take it to a repair center
- I asked why they would send a wheel for a bag that can't be replaced by the consumer (They knew the bag and should know it has rivets)
- I asked for a replacement bag and was told that they can not do that
- Thought you may want to see the photos to fully share my frustration
February 2018 · Unknown · verified purchase